Why Do My Friends Still Give Hip Hop a Bad Rap?
By Peter Gerstenzang Sometimes, a friend can really surprise you, in a bad way, meaning, they take you aside at a party and tell you, say, they were born with a tail. You still love […]
2013
Rise of the Microbrews
By Amber LaFrance What Texan doesn’t love beer? After drinking the cheapest beer I could find in college, I was thrilled to discover Miller High Life’s much tastier relative, the craft brew. Five years ago, […]
Just Shuffle and Deal
By Will Martin If there has been any team in Major League Baseball unafraid and uninhibited to get out of heavy debt in exchange for blue chip stock the last three years…can you say Houston […]
The Magnificent 7
By Steven Doyle Summer is in full swing and thoughts of the backyard bird smoking for a few hours is awfully enticing, but not nearly as provoking as meandering stealthily into a few dozen barbecue […]
No Hitting Means No Winning
By Mark Miller Unable to score enough runs in too many games, the Texas Rangers find themselves in territory unheard of during their recent years of success. The team was shut out three times […]
SXSW Road Trip – 2013
This was the fifth year in a row my friends and I went on our annual SXSW Road Trip to Austin, attending Texas’s biggest music event. Eight of us got together after last year’s trip […]
Really Unusual Bizarre & Weird News: July Edition
By Andrew J. Hewett SHOCKED? LOOK THIS UP YOURSELF The Washington Post reports when President Obama and family visited Africa recently, with all involved, including hundreds of security agents, an entourage of planes and ground […]
On Deck: Russell in the Wind
By Will Martin Every once in a blue moon we come across a feel-good story where you hope someone finds the road back to redemption through a way of life, a passion or labor of […]
The Wolverine Movie Review
By Gary Dowell Let’s face it: Old man Logan took a serious cinematic beating in his first solo outing, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), most of it from the writer and director rather than the villains. It was […]
Blitz Weekender: July 25-28
By Audra Stamp It’s the last weekend before August hits which means summer is slowly coming to an end. What this means for you is that you better get out there and enjoy everything before […]